Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Up to now everything I’ve seen promoting or about the soon-to-be-released movie, The Losers, has been pretty cool. Except for the tag line…
Anyone else would be dead by now
… I’m just not diggin’ this poster. Maybe it’s just me, but it looks like something for a kiddie movie. Am I wrong?
This motion poster [on display at IMPAwards.com] for The Other Guys is really cool and pretty funny to boot. I love the possibilities.
If you’re excited about The Expendables, then you may want to check out this interview with writer, Chuck Dixon, who is writing the prequel Expendables comic.
Although I’m looking forward to Iron Man 2, this new generic-looking poster isn’t helping build the anticipation.
Bet you can’t wait to see Oliver Stone’s The Murder of Martin Luther King starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and Jodie Foster. Unfortunately, you’re going to have to. Maybe forever, because there is no such movie.
This poster comes from a site called Movies They Should Make. Talk about a cool idea. I hope this site takes off because it has so much potential.
It’s been a while since we heard from my buddy, Bill Black. Bill is a comic writer, artist, and publisher. He’s also a film-maker. Bill wrote in to say that he’s working to get his films carried by Amazon.com. If that happens it’d be a great thing for Bill and his fans. Until then Bill’s films can be purchased through his CultRetro site.
No, that isn’t me when I first wake up. It’s actually a card that my buddy, Rafael Kayanan did for a Lord of the Rings trading card set. You can see that card and others when you check out this interview with Raf over at the Sketch Card Art Blog.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is back! And by “back” I mean in the action genre that propelled him to fame. Johnson will play an ex-con out to avenge his brother’s murder. The film, called Faster, will be directed by George Notorious Tillman and co-star Billy Bob Thorton and Carla Gugino.
Oh, and how do we know it’s not a kid’s film? Let me quote from USAToday’s First Look article:
How do you know this isn’t the Johnson of kid-friendly The Game Plan and Return to Witch Mountain? For starters, Johnson gets shot in the head.
Faster is set to premiere in November. We’ll keep an eye out for more news as it becomes available.
Steve ‘Frosty’ Weintraub posted a larger image at Collider.com of this Expendables standee that he photographed at ShoWest.
Fess Parker, best known for playing Davy Crockett in the 50’s and Daniel Boone in the 60’s died today at age 85.
Parker first gained fame playing Davy Crockett for Disney. Although he’d played supporting characters [many uncredited] prior to getting the starring role as Crockett, it was almost a fluke that he ended up in the lead. Disney execs were screening “Them!” to get a look at James Arness, who was being considered for the role of Davy Crockett, but they were so impressed with Fess Parker’s turn in a bit part that he ended up with the role that was make him known to millions.
After his run as Davy Crockett, Fess Parker appeared in several movies [perhaps the most famous being Old Yeller and guest appearances on tv. In 1964, he again put on a coonskin cap and hit the big time. Daniel Boone ran for 159 episodes from 1964 to 1970. Not long after, Mr. Parker left show business to concentrate on real estate, and a winery.
I was a fan of the Daniel Boone series as a kid and spent many hours playing “Daniel Boone” with my friends. I also had the Daniel Boone playset as a kid and spent even more hours playing with it. I can still remember getting to see Old Yeller when it was re-released in the 60’s. And of course watching Mr. Parker many, many times in his small but important role in the classic Them!
Mr. Parker is survived by his wife of fifty years, a son and daughter and many grandchildren. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and fans.
If you’re a fan of art, movie posters and/or Alfred Hitchcock, then you may want to check out Laz Marquez’s cool redesigns of classic Hitchcock movie posters. That’s a partial view of his Rear Window redo. The full version as well as the other classics can be found at Marquez’s site.
[Thanks to Neatorama.com for the post.]
I have mixed feelings about this poster for Predators. I like the idea and the black and white photography. I guess the two things that bug me most are: 1] The Predator’s arm seems pretty small and not near long enough and 2] The movie is called Predators — at least hint that there is more than one.
Maybe I’m just being too picky, because I think this movie is going to be a winner.
Want to see a huge version of the poster above? Then click over to IMPAwards and check it out!
